instabox@0.8.158
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 6h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install lifecycle hook, and its runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage metadata, and opt-out capable. Credential use and skill installation align with the cloud-box CLI's stated purpose.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user runs the CLI; onboarding telemetry is sent after authentication. Skill installation runs through a CLI command.
Impact
No malicious or suspicious impact was identified in the reviewed source.
Mechanism
The CLI sends API requests to Instabox and usage events to PostHog. The skill installer copies bundled skills to agent skill directories.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage metadata, and opt-out capable. Credential use and skill installation align with the cloud-box CLI's stated purpose.
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packing, testing, and formatting.
- The CLI sends bearer credentials to its configured Instabox API server for API requests.
- Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, excludes command arguments, and can be disabled; it is sent to PostHog.
- The onboarding telemetry contains command outcome and runtime or platform metadata, and says it does not include names, paths, or messages.
- The agent-skill installer copies the package's skills into agent skill directories and describes that operation as local, with no sign-in or network access.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9174016
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Native Binary
Package ships native binary artifacts.
cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView on unpkgskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView file
•path = skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2977
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.
skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView on unpkgpackage.jsonView file
Findings
5 Medium7 Low
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarycli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
MediumShips Build Helperskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencelib/api.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
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